
7.
What was to be the attitude of the people toward the sanctuary
and its services? Lev. 26:2; Ps. 89:7.
NOTE.—"As the priests morning and evening entered the holy place
at the time of incense, the daily sacrifice was ready to be offered upon
the altar in the court without. This was a time of intense interest to
the worshipers who assembled at the tabernacle. Before entering into
the presence of God through the ministration of the priest, they were
to engage in earnest searching of heart and confession of sin. They
united in silent prayer, with their faces toward the holy place. Thus
their petitions ascended with the cloud of incense, while faith laid hold
upon the merits of the promised Saviour prefigured by the atoning sacri-
fice. The hours appointed for the morning and the evening sacrifice
were regarded as sacred, and they came to be observed as the set time
for worship throughout the Jewish nation. . . . In this custom, Chris-
tians have an example for morning and evening prayer. While God
condemns a mere round of ceremonies, without the spirit of worship, He
looks with great pleasure upon those who love Him, bowing morning
and evening to seek pardon for sins committed, and to present their
requests for needed blessings."—Id., pp. 353, 354.
8.
In the earthly sanctuary, who was the central figure of Israel's
worship? Rev. 13:8.
NOTE.—"In the ministration of the tabernacle, and of the temple
that afterwards took its place, the people were taught each day the great
truths relative to Christ's death and ministration, and once each year
their minds were carried forward to the closing events of the great con-
troversy between Christ and Satan, and final purification of the uni-
verse from sin and sinners."—Id., p. 358.
9.
At the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary, what met its ful-
fillment? To what place was the sanctuary service transferred? Who
was its high priest and the central figure of its service? Heb. 9:6-12.
NomE.—"When the loud cry, 'It is finished,' came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were officiating in the temple. It was the
-
hour of the
evening sacrifice. . . . With intense interest the people were looking
on. But the earth trembles and quakes,; for the Lord Himself draws
near. With a rending noise the inner veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen hand, throwing open to the gaze of the
multitude a place once filled with the presence of God. . . .
"All is terror• and confusion. The priest is about to slay the victim;
but the knife drops from his nerveless hand, and the lamb escapes. Type
has met antitype in the death of God's Son. The great sacrifice has been
made. The way into the holiest is laid open. A new and living way is
prepared for all. No longer need sinful, sorrowing humanity await the
coming of the high priest. Henceforth the Saviour was to officiate as
priest and advocate in the heaven of heavens. It was as if a living
voice had spoken to the worshipers: There is now an end to all sacri-
fices and offerings for sin."—"The Desire of Ages," pp. 756, 757.
10.
Although the sanctuary and its service is centered in the heav-
ens, what has Christ promised to those who worship in His name?
Matt. 18:20.
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